Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Ben is going VIRAL!

Episode Date: August 25, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Paris Hilton commented! Exaggeration coming back to bite you in the butt! Weird things that happen in your sleep... Megan saved a screaming lady! We pranked Ben! An passionate Dear Megan! Can you stand in a carpark to save it? What's happened to our torch...  Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. Week of spring. Sorry, final week of winter heading into spring, which is good. It's not the final week of spring, you haven't got there yet. No, it does feel like, it felt a little bit summery yesterday. It did. Must admit, got the pasty legs out yesterday. Thank you.

The pasty whites out yesterday. Oh, that's good. That was, I dressed up in nappiesppies once just for pure pleasure for the show. And Megan, the first thing you said, you said, oh my God, I have never seen anything so white. Like almost translucent. Like I could almost see inside. See through.

Yeah, well, welcome to the whitest show on radio. I am very, my thighs, jeez, you don't get much whiter than my thighs. Thighs don't see much sun though, do they? No, no. Are you speedos at the beach or something? I see why your parents go naturist. They must have a wonderful all-round tan. All-round tan.

I've never seen tan lines on them. Wow. And I've seen all of them. You've seen all of them, yeah. I suppose you have to sunscreen your special parts, don't you? So I'm really good with sunscreen because they weren't. They just never wore sunscreen, which is not great. That generation.

When we were growing up, it was go out there, burn off a few layers of skin, and that'll prep you for summer. That's what they used to say. You just get a little kiss of sun, and that'll be fine. That's your sunscreen. So even their bits and pieces, they wouldn't sunscreen? No. Oof.

Nah. Oh, damn. That seems like a risky move, doesn't it? How long are they out? Your dad, how long is he out in the sun for? I don't know. All day. All day?

Are they lying on sun lounges facing up towards the sun? No, they do things. They do things. They do things. They're not just like sunbathing all day doing nothing. Still though. I'd be putting a bit of SPF down there. It's seasoned though, you know? What's seasoned?

Like you know how your hands don't necessarily burn because they see the sun all the time? Yeah. Just a big old leathery pouch. You know how your hands don't necessarily burn because they see the sun all the time? Yeah. Just a big old leathery pouch. Ben, we need to discuss with you. Ben has gone viral. Ben has gone viral.

Now, I understand it's not something you want to front foot because, you know, screaming that you've got a virus is not – turns people off. I'm viral, I'm viral. You're not going to shout from the rooftops. I don't want to look like a, hey, I'mgging about it. You know, for the last couple of years, I sort of make silly little videos. Don't have a TV show anymore. So I'm like, hey, I make some silly little content.

Often with my daughters, they usually prank me. And now and again, I prank them back. And I kind of went through the drive-thru last weekend, the previous weekend. I was like, oh, this will be funny. I'll just bust out a whole lot of Gen Z sayings. Half of them don't even know what i'm saying just stuff that they would say just to embarrass my daughters at the drive-thru and got

some squirmish reactions from my daughters they were dying inside as i said a whole lot of stuff like this i'm kind of feeling skibbity um so i've got off my get to uh to come up to riz up uh mcchicken please irl that sounds sigma uh just vibe vibe check I'm thirsty so maybe do you have a medium lemonade that sounds bustin if you have the sundae I will hit the gritty so I just busted out

as many as I can I don't know if the context was right for half of them but I just said a whole lot of my daughter's reactions and they're dying inside oh yeah totally

and I put that on yeah I put that on my Instagram and TikTok and stuff and then I was looking a bit later I was like oh that video is going okay

for my videos and then all of a sudden it I was looking a bit later. I was like, oh, that video's going okay for my videos. And then all of a sudden it just really took off. Like it went crazy. And every time I'd refresh it, every few hours it would jump up by like a million views. I was like, wow, this is... And then my wife said to me,

she was like, it was that 5 million views. She was like, they could put a news article on this out there. And I went, don't be... And I read like, what a jerk. I was like, don't be... They're not what a I was like don't be they're not going to put a news article

of me going through the drive-thru about GNZ saying she's like oh sorry two days later

I get a call from an email from the Herald going well I want to do a news article I almost said no out of principle I was like

I've just said to my wife yeah so we're kind of nuts like Paris Hilton like put a laughing emoji on it are you saying you say all these people that don't follow me and still don't follow me it's not like Yeah, so we're kind of nuts. Like Paris Hilton put a laughing emoji on it. Are you saying bolts? Paris Hilton, are you saying bolts?

He liked it. All these people that don't follow me and still don't follow me. It's not like they've all jumped on the banner. Can you message Paris Hilton? What do we say back to Paris Hilton? I don't know. Well, she doesn't follow me. So yeah, it's got like 63 million views or something crazy at the moment.

Wow. All my friends at the pub on Friday, because I caught up with them, were like, you're a shout. I'm like, yeah, I can shout, but I'm not getting a cent out of this. It's not like they're like, 63, but you know. Behind the scenes, I a cent out of this. It's not like 63, but you know. Behind the scenes, I've been like, you need to do this. You need to do this and get on here and do this. And Ben's like, nah, this is a lot of effort.

It's like, I'm more excited about this than you are. It's cool. It's very cool. But it's like, I'm not making $63 million out of it. But this is our thing. I have a theory that we've only got so many wins in life as human beings. This is one of those wins where you're like, you could have had a dollar for every one of those views.

So I don't know how, I don't know what world that is. Crazy thing to be part of. You're like, wow, this really has just taken off into a whole other hemisphere. Worldwide, people just commenting on it. So really nuts. You could say, I like your hotels to Paris Hilton. That's a nice angle to come in with. I still don't think she's going to see it.

I mean, I can reply back to her, but she's definitely, she's moved on with her life. She's put laughing emoji on one of my videos and where she went. Do you think she'd be keen to hear the state of her hotels? You're like, I stayed there once, had a good stay. Yeah, I'm sure. I'm sure she'd love it. Just get the banter going with it. Yeah.

Oh, that's amazing. 63 million views and counting. What's it up to now? I think it's about 60, yeah, 63 million. It's slowed. 63 million views and counting. What's it up to now? I think it's about 63 million. It's slowed down a bit. But all my other videos, you're like, oh, they're pale in comparison to that one. Is that a new jacket? No, it's not.

No, I haven't bought any. I thought they were new money. After 8 o'clock, Ben shouts everything. You phone us. Oh, 800. You just say, what do you want? Ben will shout it. I'm not getting a cent for it.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Last week, technically, of winter, Megan. Yeah, one more week to go, and it's only five weeks until Daylight Savings. It does feel like we're turning that corner, doesn't it? A little lighter at the arse end of the day now. Yeah, it is. It's nicer, eh? It's nice when it gets like this.

Yeah. You do like the Daylight Savings countdown, do you? I do. Have we got a five-week runway this time, have we? It's been longer. She's been trying to keep it from us. I've just been doing it on the DL. Have you? Yeah. You do like the Daylight Savings Countdown, do you? I do. Have we got a five-week runway this time, have we? It's been longer. She's been trying to keep it from us. I've just been doing it on the DL. Have you?

Yeah. I got one the other day when you were away. I got one from Megan. It was an update. So that was six weeks. So now it's five weeks. Yeah. See?

We're counting down. Why don't we pick it back up with one week to go? Yeah, I reckon so. I was just mentioning before, a friend of mine, he started a company a few years ago and went in for the job interview. and he got the job. It was fine. But then during the interview, the person who was the manager that was conducting the interview was like, oh, have you got any hobbies and or interests?

That's such a hard question. If I said to you, have you got hobbies and interests, what would you say? The movies? I don't know. But like everyone likes movies. I know. I've got no real hobbies or interests. Like existing?

Is that a hobby? Just getting by, mate. Have you got a hobby or interest? I would probably just like, I love watching sport. That's probably something I might go to. Yeah, true. You know, that would be a hobby or interest. That was what you were taught at sales course at radio school, weren't you?

You go into a room if you're selling something. Oh, yeah, I find that. It was the guy, it was the trout on the wall, that's what he called it so if you saw a trout on the wall that was kind of your go, oh you like trout fishing that was kind of your connection. Oh right, you're in I did that when I tried to do sales at broadcasting school and I was like, oh you like rugby?

because the guy had a rugby pitcher and the guy went, yep and that was the end of that conversation I didn't have a follow up question for that What team do you support? I don't know We didn't have a follow-up question for that. What team do you support? I don't know. We didn't connect on any level. So, yeah, he was asked, what's your hobby or interest? And he was like, damn, at that stage of his life,

his hobby was going out on Friday night and returning home Sunday evening. Yeah. Okay, but he couldn't say that in a job interview. Yeah, right. So he's like, oh, he kind of cast us by the back. He's like, oh, he played water polo for like three or four months in school. So he's like, water polo? So he looked at it and the guy's like, oh, yeah, nice. And they had a little's like, he played water polo for like three or four months in school. So he's like, water polo. So he looked at the guys, oh yeah, nice.

And they had a little bit of banter about water polo. Ended up getting the job. Fast forward, it's three years down the track. Okay, a new CEO has started. Now the problem being

that the CEO played representative water polo. Okay. Now the manager who employed my friend, he's done the trout on the wall theory. He's met the new CEO and he's like, oh, you played representative water polo. Okay? Now, the manager who employed my friend, he's done the trout on the wall theory. He's met the new CEO

and he's like, oh, you played representative water polo. Oh, Timothy over here, he plays water polo. And now, four weeks in, every week,

the CEO's like, you must come and play social water polo Thursday nights. We've got a team of ex-players. It's just a bit of fun, bit of a laugh.

He's had to come up with excuses for the last month as to why he can't play water polo because he can't play water polo. What a weird tidbit for the manager to remember too, after three years. I guess it's an unusual, well, not an unusual sport, but it's not your everyday sport. He's trying to make a connection.

Yeah, he's like, oh, water polo, I'll make plays with water polo. And you don't want to say no to the CEO. No, you can't really say no to the CEO. And water polo's not like a't want to say no to the CEO. No. You can't really say no to the CEO. No. And water polo is not like a... You can just pick it up. No.

You need to know what you're doing. People trying to dunk you. It's basically underwater cage fighting in underpants, isn't it? It is. And they get really like handsy and aggressive under the water. Yeah, the water. There's a whole lot going on there. A lot of tugging.

A lot of tugging. I don't know how they police it though because, because you can't see what's happening. Anyway. That's how they do it. CEO wants him tugging all his bits and pieces at Thursday Night Water Polo, and he can't come up with any more excuses. Oh, good luck to your friend on that one. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

The last week of winter heading into spring. A little bit of rough weather around for the next couple of days, but things get a little bit warmer later in the week. That's good news, Megan. That's great news. You're on the countdown to daylight savings. Five weeks until daylight savings. I feel like the weather rollercoaster throughout the 12-month period,

it stays just long enough. You know, where you're like, I'm just getting over winter. Now, when you first get into winter, you're like, oh, nice, cosy, warm clothes, and you get over it, and then, oh, there's light at the end of the tunnel. They've done it well. Whoever came up with it, they nailed the tunnel they've done it well, whoever came up with it they nailed it they've done it well, now last night actually, woke up to

something very unusual my wife was doing sometimes, as I'm sure we all do, you occasionally talk in your sleep and things like that, but she's a very good whistler in real life, you've heard her whistles yeah, really loud, she's got the mouth of a Southland high country sheep farmer. She really

does. With the fingers? Fingers, everything. So loud too, like at concerts. Sometimes if I'm at the other end of a store, she'll whistle and I'm like, I've heard it, but I refuse to acknowledge it. You don't want to be beckoned by a wolf whistle, do you? But you know it's her. Does she do the same whistle? Because we have a family

whistle. Oh, do you? Yeah, like is it the same whistle all the time? Pretty much. It's just loud and really good. She'll do it at concerts. She'll do it at things. She'll make big. And it's a great skill to have.

She does, yeah, I know. She does it in a supportive context as well, like at the end of a song at a concert. Siberian wolves hear Amanda's whistle. Oh, it's very good. But last night in her sleep, I woke up to her whistling in her sleep Now it wasn't as loud Because she was sleeping

But she'd obviously Fingers in her mouth And trying to whistle What get out And trying to whistle She was doing the finger whistle And it wasn't a great one But and I think she was

Because she's a teacher I think she was dreaming About school Because she was talking about Get off the quad Or something like this And I was like You know when you're

Half asleep I'm like what It's like Your quad day is Thursday Guys he's just me off the quad And then she was whistling As well And I'm like, you know when you're half asleep I'm like, what? Your quad day is Thursday Guys teaching me off the quad And then she was whistling as well And I'm like, wow, really? That's when you know your teaching's really taking over your life

When you're teaching in your sleep as well Like, it's off the quad sort of thing So it wasn't her greatest whistle But I was like, well, that's really unusual That she's whistling in her sleep She's never off the clock Always keeping them off the quad That's right

I can't believe she was doing the full-on fingers in the mouth whistle. Yeah, so I thought very unusual. Now, you know the champagne wolf whistle too, which Amanda was doing in the middle of the night? It wasn't that. It wasn't that. Do you? Let's say you're walking past a work site, Megan,

and you hear a little bit flattered. I hope you're not doing that anymore, anyone out there. A little bit flattered? I hope you're not doing that anymore, anyone out there. A little bit flattered? No. No, you just become very self-conscious. So obnoxious, dude. Some grubby scaffolders and hivers four stories up and he's like. But if you turn around and they're extremely attractive,

you're like, oh, okay. Oh, yeah, take it, short those runs on the board So what do you want to open up here? I want to open up the most unusual thing that you or your partner Has done in their sleep Because I imagine there's people listening right now That have slept, walked, done all sorts of crazy things You know, people are leaving the house

And stuff in their sleepwalking I used to go down and I was really paranoid about Home security and I'd go down and In my sleep, unlock the door, leave the door wide open But I was I used to go down and I was really paranoid about home security and I'd go down and in my sleep unlock the door, leave the door wide open. But I was actually meant to go down

mentally I think and check that it was locked. Oh, but you'd open it. But I'd open it and wake up in the morning and it'd be wide open. No wonder you're paranoid about obscurity.

You were the real issue. I wouldn't want to go to sleep either if I knew I was opening the doors. Wait, under the hits, what have you done in your sleep? Let's get these texts. Look under the hits. What have you done in your sleep?

Let's get these texts. Under the hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Just talking about what you've done in your sleep, Amanda, Ben's wife. Wolf whistling and demanding children get off the quad. Yeah, well, yeah, her whistle. She's a very good whistler. Not so much in the middle of the night, I discovered,

but I woke up to her whistling and telling kids, fingers, fingers in the mouth, because it sounded like, yeah, she was trying to whistle and telling kids to get off the quad. Very unusual, but hey. Are you a good whistler i you said you got a family whistle yeah i'm a really good whistler but not not the fingers in the mouth okay give it to us what do you what do you want the family whistle yeah the papa's whistle no that's just the like if you are in the mall and you're trying to get someone's attention you go that's what my mum used to always and your ears prick up and you're trying to get someone's attention and you go That's what my mum used to always and your ears prick up and you're like, yep, where is she?

Do you blow or suck? Blow. I'm sucking. I've never been able to blow. That's me blowing. Oh, but you do it back. Oh, no. I'm reverse whistling. Yeah, that's unusual. What do you do? I'll probably go, yeah, forward, yeah, yeah.

Okay, now we're just a show of people whistling on the radio. No one wants to listen. It's weird when you're sucking it. Yeah, it is weird. I mean, I don't have any control on the suck either. Yeah, no, it's weak. It's weak. But you're right, Ben.

This is not fun radio. G'day, Candice. Welcome. Thank you. Good morning. Can you whistle, Candice? Would you like to join the whistling radio show? Oh, dear.

Oh, yeah, that's good. That's not a bad whistle. Okay. Now, we want to know the unusual thing that you or your partner has done in the middle of the night while sleeping. What is it? Oh, it was me when I was a kid. I was a bit of a sleepwalker.

And I grew up in Johannesburg. One night, I decided to take a little roam around the house, going round and round the kitchen, and my dad thought there was an intruder in the house and went to get a shotgun. Oh, my goodness. Jeez. At Oscar Bastours.

Oh, jeez. Okay, so you're... Oh, wow. So did you wake up? Do you remember waking up? I remember nothing at all. Wow. Do you still sleepwalk or not?

I don't It was just a childhood thing It would be more terrifying as a parent Knowing your child is going to get up And go sleepwalking That would be terrifying You were asleep and you bought something online This was after I had surgery

So it was a semi-medicated sleep But I bought some sunglasses And I didn't know until they turned up. They were very nice, expensive sunglasses. Your excuses are getting more elaborate with Andrew. He was like, oh, so you just forgot, did you? I was like, no. I mean, the purchases are like 1 a.m.

Oh, classic stuff. And then the shoes turning up for Jackie. I better keep these. Great text here, 4487. I'm an notorious sleepwalker. I once woke up in a chest freezer with the lid shut. I had walked into a chest freezer. I was staying at the Park Royal in Christchurch on another time,

and I ended up woke up in the gardens of the hotel. Oh, jeez. G'day, Molly. How are you? Good morning. I'm well, thank you. How are you? Yeah, doing well.

You a good whistler, Molly? Oh, yeah, not bad. Not bad. All doing well. You a good whistler, Molly? No, you're not bad. All right. What did you do in your sleep, Molly? It wasn't me. It was an ex-boyfriend of mine. He too was a teacher, a history teacher, and had been teaching about World War II. And I was woken up by him grabbing my face, trying to put my gas mask on because I guess I was in danger.

She's really active teaching as well will teachers need to switch off yeah it was yeah it was quite scary because he was quite a big guy and i was like oh like how do i get out of this he was trying to keep you safe he was keeping you safe wasn't he from the guessing, yeah. Are you not supposed to wake them up? Or, like, what do you want to do? I was scared for my safety, so I was like, what are we doing? Oh, I did, yeah. Well, he was scared for yours too, Molly. Appreciate that.

You have a great day. Another text here. Friend and her husband moved into a new house. Her husband, again, notorious sleepwalker. First night, he walked to the lounge, which would have been the same location as their previous house's bathroom, and into the piano. What?

Peed into the piano. Oh, no. Straight in there. All over the sheet music and everything. Oh, gee. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Sports news as well.

The Aussie skateboarder, 14 years old, she won a gold medal. All she wanted, if she won gold was a duck from her parents, a pet duck, remember that? Like an actual live duck Which made you go, jeez are these people competing in the Olympics? These children The children Olympics So she got a gold and would she get a duck?

Well this is on the Australian TV show The Project Did you get your duck? No I haven't got my pet duck yet but I'll be getting it when I come back, like from overseas, because I'm just about to head back over. Let's talk breeds or size or do you know what kind of duck you want? What kind of duck are you going to get? I'm not sure what it's called,

but it's like the white one with the orange beak. Classic duck. Yeah, the pretty basic one. The pretty basic one. Your basic duck. She wants your basic duck. She wants your basic duck. She's getting a duck. She's got the duck?

Yeah, well, that's the motivation. She's for winning the gold, so she'll be getting the duck at some stage. Well, congratulations to her. I'm happy for her. Her parents will be like, oh, why did she win gold? Now we've got a duck. A duck feels like a commitment, too. It does.

It does. So what did our friend have, Nick? A turtle. A turtle. A turtle's like a 25, 30-year commitment. Yeah, they live a long time. He's like, I got this when I was six and he's still a fully

grown adult with this turtle. No, you leave that with your parents when you move out, eh? He took it to the UK. He's in London now. Well-travelled turtle. So I live in the suburbs of West Auckland. I feel like that is important to the context of the story. Your son sings

ACDC. Yeah. He's got a mullet. I don't know where he gets the Bogan tendencies from. Well, you live in the suburbs of West Auckland. Yeah, okay. You grew up in Nelson, mate. I can tell you where the Bogan genealogy runs thick. And this happened on Friday. I was at home by myself and I heard

in the distance what sounded like someone screaming. And I was like, what is this? So I stopped everything I was doing sounded like someone screaming. Oh. And I was like, what is this? So I stopped everything I was doing. Classic soundtrack of West Auckland. I know. Someone screaming or a meth lab exploding, one of the two.

So I stopped and I stood there for a minute. I was like, I'm sure I imagined that. And then I heard, and I was like, oh my God, someone's screaming. That's frightening when you hear a noise like that. And then there was, you know, like a beat. And I was like, if I hear it again, I'm going to go out there and look. And I heard it again and it sounded louder. It was like a, ah!

And I was like, oh no, I have to go out there and look. Because it sounded like a female. And I was like, someone's in trouble. So I went running down the road towards the sound and good on you I'd been petrified yeah well I didn't take anything I don't I don't even think I took my phone with me Ben would have sent his wife Amanda down to check it out yeah I'll stay here and uh look after the cat well if my husband was home I would have taken him I didn't even lock my door didn't take my phone I don't know what I was going to do, but I went running towards the sound, and I heard it again as I got down the road,

the, it was the rubbish truck's wheel squeaking as it came to a stop. Oh yeah, I know that noise. And I'm running down the road Barefoot And the driver's like Are you okay? And I was like Yeah Someone didn't recycle properly Stop

Stop Stop That's not where that goes I was like Oh no I'm just I'm just looking for someone I might go

Nah You could have said If you had running shoes on And going for a run Or something like that But you were barefoot And I wasn't in running attire I was barefoot

Yeah but a crazy Crazy lady running down the road in bare feet in West Auckland. No one's going to bat an eyelid, mate. And then, of course, I jammed on the brakes when I got to the truck jamming on the brakes. And so he was like, are you okay? You look like I was going to talk to him. Yeah, your brakes need fixing, mate. Yeah.

Can you oil your bloody brakes? You're in West Auckland. Get those seen to you. That noise is not. I was panicking. Oh, well, good on you for pretending to not I was panicking Oh well good on you For pretending to do Well no

Good on you For having the intention Of doing something Of doing I don't know what I was going to do No phone No shoes But hey I was there

You did it It's ready The hits The Jono and Ben podcast Just reading about A Macklemore concert In Slovenia Slovakia sorry

Over the weekend And he got someone on stage To do a duet with him And they were bragging about it On social media As you would Going hey I want to stage with Macklemore Slovenia, Slovakia, sorry, over the weekend. And he got someone on stage to do a duet with him. And they were bragging about it on social media, as you would, going, hey, we're on stage with Macklemore. And the police saw the post and went, oh, they wanted for a rest, that person. Oh, did they nail the – I'm always one of those people that are going to fold or step up to the mark when they get pulled up on stage.

No, they nailed it. They nailed the performance, but also the police nailed their ass. Nailed their ass. It just seemed like something that wasn't too high on the, you know, it was like public nudity or something that wasn't like they'd done something too grim, but anyway.

Yeah, but if you're a wanted man, the last thing you want to be doing is hopping on stage for a McLemore Dewey. Going viral. Now, Ben, you've been swept up in so many supermarket campaigns over the years. I know.

What's been some memorable ones for you? The Domino's have been good. The Little Gardens have been good. The Little Shops. And now the Disney cards as well. Literally all the ones you just named

are meant for children. Yeah. I know. I remember the knives, you know, like the containers. These are all great promotions, Megan. Like, I remember the knives, you know, like the containers. Oh, these were all great promotions, Megan.

But, you know, right now, the Disney cards, I got swept up on it. My wife was like, what are you doing? Because I bought the book. I bought the, you know, I got the cards and everything.

I've been putting them in the book as well. And I was really swept up. And I started talking to you about getting involved in the fad again. Have you purchased the album to slide the cards into you?

Yeah, I got the album. My wife said, how much was that? I'm like, it doesn't matter. She said, how much? I was like, $11. About it came with three sets, three sets of cards. So I was like, yeah, trying to upsell her on that. So the wonderful people at Woolworths, they got in touch.

And they had a genius plan. They were like, what we might do is we'll just send Megan and you full albums, complete albums with all of the collectible cards. And so they arrived by courier on Friday. A box! And you guys took them out of the box and they're like, oh, there's one for John, I want one for Megan. I was looking at the box like, oh. This little face is like

peering into the box and being like, is there another one? Have a listen to how it played out on Friday. You guys don't tell, no way. You guys didn't get, no. No. Is it a full set? It's the full set.

Is it just, no, did it say John and Megan or not? It says your name, mate. I have been begging on about that the whole time Don't tell me you guys have got the full set Is it the full set? No, it's the full set Is it? No, you don't have the full set

No, no, no You can hear his heart break No, no, no And then you're like, we'll do a video for them And I had to film the video We made Ben film us saying, hey thanks, you can get these at Woolworths You guys weren't even collecting It was cutting you to the core film the video we made we made ben film us saying hey thanks you can get these at woolworth's uh you guys were even collecting it was cutting you to the core like i feel uh it would hurt you less

if we pranked you into believing amanda had run off with the hero dwayne the rock johnson you'd be like he's a better man than me totally yeah and if anything i get to see my hero every second week you want to pick the kids up yeah that. That would hurt you less. Hey, Dwight, how's it going? Hey, Dwight, here's my wife card. Oh, good. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You want to hang out? He's like, no. I'm hanging out with your wife.

Oh, that's cool. But they actually did send you one. Oh, no. And you got a full set. Oh, no. So thank you very much to Woolworths for that. Does that take away

from the thrill of collecting for you? Oh, I know. Now I've got the other set I'm still working on as well. Oh, you can have two sets. The battler set that I'm doing the old fashioned way and the other one. I've got one for me and one for the kids.

I would like to point out I did offer you my set. You did. But I also knew that there was one for you. Yeah. So I didn't have to give it to you. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Emotional scenes at the Warriors on Friday night,

the last home game for Sean Johnson. Very, very teary. It was when he walked out with his wonderful wife Kayla and their children and started tearing up. I imagine that would have been a big wave of emotion for him. Oh, totally. Stupid comment, Jono. Obviously it was.

And it's hard to probably regather yourself from that moment and then start tackling mofos. Yeah, play a rugby league game. But yeah, really, really sad tonight. Good send-off. Yeah, it was a great send-off. You're right. TM Megan.

Now, someone slid into Megan's DMs again with a very juicy dilemma, I guess, in some ways. Yeah, like, and sensitive, which they address. It says, Hey, Jonathan and Megan, this is a sensitive topic and involves my best friend long story short my friend and her now ex-husband were trying to have a baby and they froze embryos during their time together they broke up and therefore didn't use them fast forward and my friend ended up using one of the embryos herself with the permission from her ex

as long as she agreed she raised the child herself he didn't want to be involved but now the child is two and she is asking for child support I'm supportive of her that he was very clear that he would give her the gift of a child but didn't want to be involved that included giving the child support she keeps asking me for my opinion and what she should do, but I can't help but feel like she trapped him a wee bit. And it isn't really fair. But then again, he is the father.

Should he pay? Am I a bad friend for feeling like this? My first instinct is they had an arrangement. He has no obligation to pay. But then, I've watched a lot of Judge Judy over my years She would say, take the emotion out of it What was the deal? Was it written down?

Was it contractual? But if it was just he said, she said Then arguably in the eyes of the law He's got an obligation Yeah, you're right It does feel like exactly what you said I don't need to repeat exactly what you said. Are you on my team?

I am actually, yeah. Like, that does feel like it was the agreement, but did they... Did they get a contract, an actual agreement drawn up? Well, that hasn't been mentioned, which would lead you to believe no. But is the verbal agreement enough in the eyes of the law in this situation? Does he have some sort of obligation? Well, you would. Is it? Yeah. Because you fast forward 10, 15 years

in this situation and the child's growing up. What do you do then? Because this person might still be in and around the house and it gets messy. It does get very messy. But the question we're asking is is he obligated to pay child support off the back of this

arrangement? I'd love to know has his thoughts changed towards it? Has he met the child? Does he feel like maybe he wants to be part of their life? This is coming from the friend obviously well it sounds like they're not at all in any kind of relationship It reminds me of when I'm walking through Westfield Mall like they're not at all in any kind of relationship it reminds me of when

i'm walking through westfield mall and they're like hey sir would you like to sign up direct debit to save the starving chinchillas of bolivia i'm like yeah okay i'll help the and then i cancelled the direct debit a couple of months later but then they come knocking three years later and they're like that chinchilla you helped save from starving to death now wants a house. Pay up. It's just like that. It's exactly like that. No part of me questioning that example.

No part of me got lost. I got lost in your example. I got lost, yeah. Or given that example. It's about more confused than when you started. Rock solid example. Okay, so what do we want to know here, Megan? Well, the friend wants to know, is she a bad friend for feeling like that?

Should the father, technically, should he be paying? I guess what is the legalities around that too if you're a lawyer? And so your friend probably wants to know if she should say something to her mate and say, hey, you should back off asking for child support. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. To Lydia Ko, just, won her third golf major in St. Andrews. It's such an amazing result

after a gold medal at the Olympics. Crazy. Just over $2 million prize money. But then we were saying you average that out over a year's worth of golf.

She doesn't win that every tournament, right? No. She has to pay for her coach, flights, accommodations. But well done. That's incredible. Yeah.

Impressive stuff. Dear Megan. We're in the middle of today's Dear Megan, which has got to do with child support and an agreement. We don't know how rock solid the agreement was, but just to recap, Megan. So this is a friend messaging in about her friend and ex-husband.

They were trying to have a baby. They froze embryos, which they didn't use when they were in a relationship. Fast forward, she asked if she could use the embryo to have the baby herself. The verbal agreement, as far as we know, was that he didn't want to be involved. Now that the baby's two, the child's two, she is asking for child support. But he said he didn't want to do anything. Didn't want to be involved in any way. And in his position, I would be like, again

fast forward 15 years and the kids growing up and he's joined a gang like the T-Birds from Greece or something and he's like, you know, my best friend wouldn't be Danny Zuko if you'd just paid child support. You know, that would linger over me. The guilt of well, do you want to help out this

kid? A paternal instinct if you will. Exactly, yeah, that's why I'd really love to know if he wants to be more involved or not what's the text machine saying to you? flooded, he didn't actually have the physical situation to conceive the child, she did that knowing he didn't want to be

with her or support her, no way should he have to pay child support someone said surely he had to sign off on it, well it sounds like he did. And if they didn't have a contract after that, then basically he's agreed to do it. This is someone that said, quoting a lawyer, a verbal agreement is passable in a court of law. And this would be sufficient to swing in the favour of the father not having to pay child support. Wow.

But the question this morning, I guess, is does this lady confront her friend and say, hey, back off the child support demands? Cara, you're on. How are you? I'm good. No, my blood's not boiling so much. Your blood's boiling back. Your blood's boiling back.

Who are you defending? I'm defending him. Her friend should tell her 100% that it's not right. To me, I feel like this woman has gotten older and she's kind of getting near the end of her kind of being able to have kids situation possibly and there's the embryo there. He's done her a solid, you know,

he's been a good guy and said, yeah, okay, that's cool. Given her the reasons, you know, well, his demands or whatever you want to call them. And then she's just gone totally against that. Yep, true. He was pretty clear, by the sounds of it. Pretty clear with his communication. Well, there was an agreement there, yeah. It's like, if I was to use

an example, walking through Westfield and they're demanding money for chinchillas in Bolivia. Nothing like the chinchilla example. Money chinchillas. Thank you, Cara. Like your blood boil, aren't they, the chinchillas? Someone's texted, Jono, thanks for that chinchilla example. Bloody chinchillas. Thank you, Cara. Thank you, blood boil, aren't they, the chinchillas? Someone's texted. Jono, thanks for that chinchilla example.

It really cleared things up for me. Martin. Morning, guys. How's it going? Yeah, good. Do you think the friend should confront her mate

and say, hey, child support payments, no, no, no? Definitely. I mean, I was the one that texted and said, you know, you'd think they both would have had to sign off on the IVF to get the embryo

and in my eyes surely you'd get something written down to say that it's not technically it's not going to be my child kind of thing but yeah the thing is you turn around and say look pull your head in

it's unfair on him. If he didn't want to have any more kids or if he's in another marriage with kids, it's extremely unfair on him. Well, he did a favour and it's come back to bite. And do you know what? Probably 90% of people on the text machine are agreeing. So is that the resolution? That's what we're going to say? But someone said, is his name on the birth certificate?

If it is, he probably has to pay child support. The Jono and Ben podcast. Take a photo and put the photo up. Just of the foot, yeah. I love the old foot photo. Cute little foot photo, yeah. That's great for them, congratulations. I thought they were a done for, that's what you were saying, wasn't it?

No. Didn't you say they were done for? No, I did not. She's been pregnant for like nine months. Yeah. I thought you and Taylor were like, oh, they're done for. They renewed their vows. Yeah.

We all say stuff on the radio. I don't think I said that. Oh, we all say stuff. I'm like, you've just forgotten that you said it. Yeah, we all say it. I think've just forgotten that you said it. Yeah, we all say stuff, Megan. And you've forgotten who said it. Yeah, you've obviously had a conversation with someone. And it may or may not have been Megan.

It wasn't Megan. Didn't you say Blake Lively was a jerk? Yeah, we all say stuff, Megan. It's fine, it's fine. Don't worry, you forget what you say sometimes. But I tell you what you haven't forgotten. There's a phone case that turned up at your house unexpectedly on a courier. Turned up in one of those little bubble packages.

It was pretty nondescript. And when I phoned the phone number or when I texted the number, they said it wasn't for them. Jackie? Wasn't Jackie? So, yeah, now I've got this phone case. A little blue phone case with a panda on it riding a bike. In front of a sunset or a sunrise.

We're trying to find the rightful owner for this. So if you do know a Jackie who's missing a phone case, a novelty phone case, then text 4487. We've got a lot of stuff on the go at the moment. We've got a torch that won't turn off. We need to check the torch. No, we need to do that before 7 o'clock. It's been a weekend.

Yeah, I know. I know. We'll check this. We'll get to that. I'm almost disappointed when it's still going. I mean, you're saying stuff about Bieber and, you know,

Hayley and, you know, there's a torch, there's the thing, but on Friday, we got talking about stuff that's turned up at your house unexpected. Now, Scotty phoned up

and he said, well, he was the one who turned up at someone's house, his friend's house, because he hadn't heard from him in a week and he was worried.

Have a listen to this. Something wrong with him, you know, what's going on? So I just thought I'd show up with some beers, his friend's house, because he hadn't heard from him in a week, and he was worried. Have a listen to this. Something wrong with him, you know? What's going on? So I just thought I'd show up with some beers, walked into his house, and he was on his laptop, and it was just after 5 p.m., so I just shut his laptop, thought, nah, what's going on?

And it turns out he was in a job interview. So cut him off from his job interview, but then called the person back, and they got the job in the end. So happy end for that one. Catherine, she phoned through. It was a nice package, delicious snacks and nice chutneys and dips and things like that. It was addressed to the previous tenants who lived in our home before we bought it. We thought, well, how would we

ever get it to them? We had no idea where they went. So we decided to keep it ourselves. But then the tenant turned up a couple days after the package came asking if we had received the package. Which we were not expecting. As you're eating like a gurkha. Yeah, they had to go on a dumping mission in the middle of the night

to get rid of the stolen goods. Dumped it in a public bin. Tanya with us on 0800 The Hits. What turned up at your house unexpectedly there, Tanya? A guitar for Neil Finn. No way. Yeah, my maiden name's Fintan

and my brother is Neil. And a courier turned up and dropped off this really flash guitar. For Neil Finn. Now, you've got a piece of New Zealand music history there. A bit of memorabilia. Well, he hasn't touched it yet.

No, no, no, we returned it. To Neil, or did you just take it back to the courier company? We called the courier company, and they said, oh, my goodness, that was supposed to go to Auckland, to Neilson, and then they came and picked it up, and then Neilson rang my brother, Neil Fincham, to say thank you. Oh, did he?

That's so lovely, isn't it? Yeah, couldn't keep it. It was too fast. What a, that's lovely that he did that. That's a great story. And did you get tickets to, you know, Crowded House or anything? No. No.

Still got a phone call from, you know. Oh, we might have got a CD. Yeah, I think so. That's a nice consolation. What a lovely thing. He didn't have to do anything. No, he didn't have to do anything. It wasn't his fault that the guitar got to someone else.

Yeah. What a true gentleman. We've spoken to Neil a couple of times he didn't have to do anything. It wasn't his fault that the guitar got to someone else. Yeah. What a true gentleman. We've spoken to Neil a couple of times, haven't we? He's very funny. Very funny, but frightening to interview. Only because he's such a legend. And you don't want to say anything that makes him think less of you. And look, I mean, Jono, every second word you say.

We were just so precious to the guitar. We just put it in the corner and just didn't touch it. That's a good Kiwi. Yeah. That's a good New Zealander right there, Tanya. Thank you. You are the backbone

of what this nation is founded on. That and beef and lamb. Good on you, Tanya. Thank you so much for that amazing story. We'll give you some how pizza.

It's not as good as a CD or a... We'll dress it the Neil Finn. Thanks, Tanya. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. This is the internet outrage

Where we each find a headline From the internet that has caused outrage It's easy to outrage the internet isn't it Although I find it's very contradictory The internet One thing they can get all uppity and outraged Over the slightest little thing But then we can go and publicly bully someone

You know and illegally sell organs On the internet as well It really is, You know, illegally sell organs on the internet and stuff as well. It really is. It contradicts itself on multiple levels, the internet. But, Ben, you found a local bit of outrage. Yeah, so this is school sports. Sorry, like, you know, Saturday morning sports for school kids. And there was outrage caused by parents.

Now, what would you think? Now, why would there be outrage? Where is it again? It's like Saturday morning sports. You said a Nelson. A Nelson, yeah. Was it to do with the referee or the umpire? Usually that's what you'd be thinking, right?

Not enough biffo for the local Nelson crowd. You're from Nelson. They demand blood, don't they? Or the referees associated with one team. That's what I was thinking. I was thinking, oh, there would be outrage because something happened. But this didn't actually happen on the paddock. were no beer you couldn't take your own beers to the kids sports game i don't think you're allowed to do that but that could have caused outrage if

someone didn't know that what happened was in the car park now very busy car park uh next to the sports ground and someone had decided to hold a car park for another member of their family by standing in the car park how How do we feel about that? Was it a busy car park? Busy car park. Lots of people. People indicating to try and get to the car park. This particular person is standing in the car park,

and some busybody has taken their phone out and recorded it. Classic. That's all you need to do nowadays. You can't stand in the car park. Let's not try and have an adult conversation. Let's just film everything. But lots of people coming in, lots of debate going on. I think we've got some audio, actually, of it.

This is, yeah, lots of people, lots of people standing around, people with hands on hips. So she's not budget. No, she's standing there and people coming around, lots of teapotting, hands on hips. It's all going on. Teapotting. Everyone going, yeah, can't do this.

People indicating, horns going. It's all sorts of... Was this at Saxonsfield? Oh, I'm not sure. This is... I'm not going to go in just on principle. On principle. Yeah.

So is it okay to reserve a park? No. No, it's not your park. It's not my standing in it. And also that gives people who have passengers an unfair advantage. Like if I'm driving a car by myself, am I not going to get a car park just because I don't have someone

who's going to stand in a park and reserve it? Was someone waiting to turn into the car park? Oh, yeah, there was a huge line of people. And she wasn't... Oh, wow. Yeah, a huge line of traffic all battened up. Ballsy move. Ballsy move.

That happened to me the other day at Netball. I was doing a reverse parallel park. Someone sneaked in the other way. And I was like, I didn't do anything about it. Obviously, I'm a New Zealander. I didn't confront them. Nobody was like, what? Don't do that. I seen some stuff inside my car.

But not to their face, though. It caused outrage. You've got one, Jono? Okay, here's a quick one. This is a bit of an outrage over a relationship issue. Okay? This is to do with a relationship issue. Okay? This is to do with a Tinder profile.

Why would the internet be outraged over a gentleman's Tinder profile? Was it misogynistic or something? No. He wasn't holding a fish up in the photo? Normally you've got to hold a fish up, don't you? Not holding a dead catch. Or someone with his car.

No. The outrage over the internet. Now his girlfriend Posted this on Reddit Which seems like the sensible thing to do Throw your personal issues out To a comments section Wait his girlfriend They met on Tinder

Oh right Okay they met on Tinder Three months into the relationship He's still got an active Tinder profile No As soon as you've got Someone who's labelled a girlfriend Or a boyfriend,

you have to get rid of that. Maybe he's just there for the witty pick-up lines and the fun bios. Maybe. I don't know. Is that like a shut it down as soon as you're official? You think so, right? Snooze it. Can you have like a just browsing mode for people in a relationship?

Incognito or something like that. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Olympics, a couple of weeks ago, and you know, they had their torch, we had a tenuous time, well, we try to make it a tenuous time. It was a torch ceremony that we ripped off the Olympics, and it is really,

it's turned into that thing where you're like, why on earth did we start this? Because the torch, it's refusing to budge. It's running off pure stubbornness at the moment. The batteries haven't died. Over two and a half weeks. Now we, although we have bridged the gap nicely between the Olympics and the Paralympics, haven't we?

We have. We have. We've kept it alive, which is good. So the Paralympics start this Thursday, which I'm excited about. Yeah. I feel like Te Papa will want this torch when it's all done. Maybe. It'll be like the

Eiffel Tower of New Zealand. Everyone will come to New Zealand to see that. The battery powered torch that refuses to give in. Yeah, so it's been over two weeks. Two and a half weeks now and it's been a weekend and Meghann, you're like, is the torch still going? I'm hoping it's not, but we've had like a few days since we've checked.

We did check on Friday. Security here at the company has been looking after it because they're on 24-hour watch. I think more on the torch now than the building security at the moment. So Ben, we'll take you. Oh, I injured the phone.

Yeah, Producer Grace had a dream over the weekend that the torch batteries had stopped. So was it a premonition? Okay, do you want me to go? Well, I also think that maybe someone's pranking us, that they keep rejuvenating the batteries in the torch. You say that, but we were warned that it's an LED torch and it can last for weeks.

Someone even said like a year or something, didn't they? So, I mean, we were warned that it could last for ages. Well, I'll tell you what, torch curing all world peace, isn't it? This torch is doing everything for humanity. It's doing God's work. It is, it is. It's a climate change I think will be cured. Hello Ben, crossing live to reception.

Oh look, it's still going. I can see the bloody reflection on the roof. It's still going. It's still on. My goodness. Are you pranking us? No, not at all.

You're not putting your batteries in? No Ben, no. It's on since you gave me. It's like this. It's even got a little note on the side of the torch, guys. It says, do not touch and do not turn the torch off. Yeah, no, Gunjan is taking his job very seriously. Does Gunjan have any inkling as to when the battery might die?

I've got maybe this week. He said maybe in a week. I mean, he doesn't know no one knows no I'm just gonna turn it off yeah you can head to the hits breakfast

on Facebook put your bets in when you think the torch is gonna run out anyone's guess at the moment it's still bright yeah

there's no sign that it's gonna fizzle out I think it's getting brighter yeah it's possible it's not giving in so we'll keep you up to date with the

the torch ceremony that refuses to end. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Again for another week. The Hits and Dilma, do try it. Yeah, we want to convert your friend, workplace, whoever to listen to The Hits. Listen to our show and drink Dilma tea after all. They're saying is do try it. So last week, Natama was converted to the radio show he had to

listen all week we had a quiz at the end of the week and he won $500 for himself and $500 for his wife Andrea now he's probably still with us Natama if you are still listening to the show text in 4487 that's a cheeky wee text

he's already got his $1000 he may have run. He may have got the cash and run. If you want to nominate someone who doesn't listen, I don't know, surprisingly, there are people out there who don't listen. But if you want to nominate someone to do try it, you can head to the hits.co.nz, and right now we're going to put someone on the spot

to see if they will listen for an entire week. Gemma, good morning to you. Good morning, how's it going? Yeah, lovely to have you on. Gemma, what are you doing? I'm just getting ready for work and school at the moment with the kids. Yeah, right. We understand you have three children.

Yes, I do. That's a lot to get ready in the morning, isn't it? We don't have to deal with any of that in this job. This is the great part about the job. You know, Andrew, your husband, he's doing the hard yards. Amanda, Jen,

they're doing the morning juggle. Gemma, you want to nominate who to listen to this show that's not currently? I want to nominate my boss so that we can listen to the hits at work. Oh, okay. That's a good call.

Bullying the boss publicly. Okay, so do you reckon the boss will be up for listening to our show? Yeah, absolutely. She'll be at work already, so yeah, let's convert it. Okay. Gemma, what do you do?

I do HR. And my boss does finance. Okay. Hello? Oh, hello. Is that boss Joe? Hello? Yeah.

Yeah, it's very suspicious. Yeah, it's Jono Boss Joe? Hello. Yeah. Yeah. It's very suspicious. Yeah, it would be too. It's Jono, Ben and Megan from the Hits radio station. Good morning. Hi, how are you? You will have no idea who we are. Oh, yeah, you won't know.

Radio's a thing and we're a show. Yeah, yeah. Yes, yes. We understand you're guilty of not listening to this program. Why? What? Hang on, you've caught me off guard. Yeah, good. That's the best way to this program. Why? What? Hang on, you've caught me off guard. Yeah, good. That's the best way to get you. Okay, so

here's how it's going to work, okay, if you're up for it. We want to pay you $500 to listen to our show for the week. Okay. But at the end of the week, we're going to give you a quiz. A pop quiz. On stuff that's happened over the week, and you've got to get all the questions right to get the $500

and you also get $500 for Gemma. Oh, really? Yeah, so Gemma's on the line too. Hi Gemma. Gemma works in HR. She might be having a meeting with herself. Well, no, this is a good ploy because technically she could win her boss $500.

It could go very well. I feel far more confident knowing Gemma's on the other end here. You guys can work together and take notes and whatever it is, but just on Friday

we're going to ask you five questions, things that happen throughout the week and if you get five out of five you'll win $1,000 to split between the two of you. Beautiful.

I like it. Gemma just wants to listen to the hits at work. That's not too much to ask. That's fine. Gemma, you can listen to whatever you like. Oh, okay. Okay, what are you currently hits at work. That's not too much to ask. That's fine. Jimmy, you can listen to whatever you like. Oh, okay.

Okay, what are you currently doing at work? Oh, more of, well... More of nothing. We do swap it up sometimes. A lot of that smut on this radio station. Thank you very much. All right. Well, thank you very much for trying it,

for do try it, and we'll no doubt catch up with you guys throughout the week and see how much of a burden we've placed on your life okay all right thank you thanks joe we'll speak soon yeah and if you want to nominate someone who uh who doesn't listen to the show you can do so just head to the hits.co.nz you can win a grand and you also get a great dilmar tea prize pack as well so you can do try it yeah dilmar making the world a better tea thanks so much raise a cup of kindness with dilmar